The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-12-31

ted postmaster at Madonna, Hartford county.
To-day saturday. is the last day of the
year 1887. Tomorrow commence to write 1888.
The Sunday school of EPSON M. P. Church
will hold its Christmas entertainment on Monday
night next.
Mr.. Joshua W. Upton, ST.. of the I'd dis.
trict. was accidentally shot in the leg last Satur
day, receiving an ugly wound.
-Don't forget Prof. Everhart's humorous read
ing at the Guild Hall, Towsontown, Wednesday
evening, Jan. 4th, at o'clock.
The annual meeting of the Mutual Fire In
surance Company in Hartford county will be held
in Beair, Monday, January I'd, at IL M
The officers lately appointed by the County
Commissioners will assume the duties Of their re-
spective Offices next Monday, January I'd.
Mr. Joseph Decker, living on the Shell road
18th district was thrown from a horse on Monday
and had his right leg broken in two places.
The congregation Of Hampden M. P. Church
made their pastor, Rev. ]. L. Kigore, ID. D., q
Christmas present of handsome suit of clothes.
There was some skating during the past
week. the ice being about four inches thick, though
of very poor quality as it was than half snow
The handsome new building of st. Ann''
parochial school, on the York road near the Bound
airy, has been completed and will be occupied next
week.
Oh Sunday last collection was taken uI
in Trinity P. E. Church, Towsontown, for the
aged ministers of that denomination, amounting
to $55.
The time for killing partridges in Balti.
more county expired on Monday last, December
26th. The rabbit law is out January 1st-to-
morrow. ~.
Mr.. August Herring, teacher and organisi
of St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran CT! eh, re-
ceived Christmas present of $50 frou,'$he con-
gregation.
The Dulany's Valley M. E. Sunday school,
Mr.. Alfred G. Lee, superintendent, will give an
entertainment and Christmas treat on Wednesday
evening next.
Mr. Herman A. Barth, the well-known mar
BILE worker of Belair avenue, was presented a.
Christmas by his employees with very handsome
gold-head cane.
The Secretary of the Treasury has appoint
ed Jacob B. Mcdonald, of Waverly, Baltimore
county, a gauger in the Internal Revenue depart
ment of Maryland.
Passenger travel on the Maryland Central
Railroad during the holidays has been very heavy
and the general business of the road appears to be
constantly increasing.
The work of removing the bodies from the
old Cathedral Cemetery to Bonnie Brae, on the
Frederick road, has been completed. Thirteen
bodies in one of the lots were petrifed.
The very heavy rain OF Wednesday was fol-
lowed by a blizzard that sent the mercury down tt
IL above zero ON Thursday morning, which wal
the coolest have experienced so far this winter
-Brqther Baker, Of the Belair 1fESis, who J.
as fortunate as be is clever, got two turkeys al
Christmas from admiring friends. Glad Off,
man like him ought to have turkey for dinner every
day.
Mr.. Branch B. Harlow died suddenly from
heart disease at his residence st. Dennis, 18th
district, on Wednesday, aged IS years. He had
been a book keeper in the city for twenty-eighi
years.
Volume thirty eight ends with the current
issue of The UNION. 1t is gratifying to say that
there are many names on our mailing lists to-day
that have been there since the first issue of the
paper.
The Hartford County Agricultural Society
now has debt of $3.50, and the stockholders are
wondering how it is to be wiped out. plan will
likely be formulated at the meeting of the Society
next month.
Mr.. J. Maurice Watkins, assessor for the
9th district, whose term of Office expires to-day,
made his final return, amounting to $4,000, this
week. He will be succeeded by Mr.. Louis g.
Cook, of Waverly.
Mr.. Wesley S. Perine, who has for ten years
very acceptably filed the position of special officer
and lamp-lighter for Towsontown, goes out with
the end of the present year and will be succeeded
by Mr.. Sylvester Bowen.
We had q slight fail of snow on Saturday
night and another on Monday, but not enough to
make sleighing. But it was "white" Christmas
ell the same and, according to the ancient belief,
O healthy season will follow.
DR.. r. C. Massenburg, of Towsontown, who
has good mechanical ideas, during the past summer
built himself very snug sleigh and when the first
snow came he brought it into use, doubtless with
much satisfaction to himsef.
Mr.. T. Harrison Garrett has erected to-
boggan slide at his country residence, Evergreen,
on Charles street avenue, adjoining Notre Dame.
The slide is about 600 feet in length, three feet
wide and twelve inches deep.
"A citizen of Woodbury., and a man who
holds an Office under the county government, said
on Wednesday, when speaking ON the subject of
city extension that five out of every six voters in
that place would vote for annexation.
Next year is leap year and it has fifty three
Sundays, so the girls who have Sunday beaux will
have one more chance at them than usual, allow
ing that leap year gives the dear creatures privi-
leges that they do not enjoy other years.
The County Commissioners, who held no
meeting the past week, will meet as usual next
Tuesday and Wednesday. As the Board has WISE
IL disposed of nearly all its appointments it will
have comparatively plain sailing hereafter.
Mr.. William T. McCauley, of the LIST dis
trict, formerly county lamp superintendent, has
bought the cooper shop of Mr.. Jackson Isaac, be-
low Elicott City, with about five acres of land and
will take charge of.the same next Monday.
One of THE UNIONS many old friends, who
renewed his subscription this week. said he thought
he'd have 10 stop his paper because it had too much
in Il. He said he often wonders where in the
world we get everything that the paper contains.
Rev. W. Cummings has been installed pas
tor of Waverly Presby terrain Church. The congre-
cation now worships in a hall, but a new church
Is to be built next summer. The membership has
increased considerably within the last few months
Mr.. George L. Stocksdale, of Towsontown
this week resigned the position of Deputy U. s.
Marshal, to take effect December 31st He has
been appointed keeper of the Court House and
grounds, the duties of which place he will assume
ct once.
Mr.. Charles e. Bowen, of Towsontown, who
is quite an ingenious young man, lately completed
q clock-ca which is composed of upwards of 40t
pieces of wood, all of which he worked out with O
tcroll-saw and framed. The clock, which is valued
at $50, is to be rafied.
At the Christmas entertainment of Waiver.
ly M. E. Sunday school Master Emory Norris re-
ceived handsome premium for not missing one
days attendance in four years. All the children
of the school-about $50 in number-receiveo
presents of various kinds
The Messrs. Hooper, proprietors of the ex
tensive mills at Woodbury. and Mt. Washington
presented each head of family employed in theil
mills with fine Christmas turkey. Messrs. Poole
Hunt, of Woodberry, gave each of their appren'
tees new fve-dollar bill.
"A correspondent has sent US what ne CALI
ga specimen Democratic ticket" which, he says
was extensively circulated in his district before
the late election. We shall keep this ticket on ex
hibtion in The UNION Office and will take pleasure
in pointing out its "spuriousness."
-Towsontown had the usual Christmas rafHei
for turkeys, but those who won birds generally
paid more for them than if they had bought them
outright One youngm man who ratified q liveturkey
for S. won it back himself-one instance, at least
of eating his pie and keeping it too.
Baltimore county has ten boys in the Balti-
more Manual Training School, an institution which
has been in successful operation about four years
and which was originated by Joshua Plaskitt, Esq.
member of the School Board, and who was fol
many years a resident of this county.
An esteemed correspondent, who writes to
wish US happy New Year, says: ~ would like
to see you both very much, but don't know when
/ will get to Towsontown, unless get an ONCE Of
some kind, or get committed to jail" We hope
the latter win net happen, although there are nc
doubt many worse places than Fort Tracey, par.
ticularly when the thermometer is crawling down
towards zero.